You can build this frame in a day using a 3D printer and a few carbon fiber tubes, The frame is lightweight and was designed to carry a variety of companion computers and other sensors. Fully assembled the frame itself weighs less than 400 grams em
Read more…Hello! I've been trying to study PID and especially the coding implementations of the PID controller onto the ArduCopter code (which I would use for a quadrotor)... So when I was researching, I found several formulas on the altitude control of the PI
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I've spent the last several hours trying to figure out where to purchase a none Chinese knockoff of the Arducopter flight controller.
I've seen references to 3dr but I can't find an Arducopter flight controller on their site and Google searches
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Got a trouble with my Pixhawk clone. When I press safety switch px4io is gone - all IO LEDs is turn off and not light until switch still pressed.When I release a switch then IO PWR LED is light on, IO B/E LED is steady (it mean error) IO ACT
Read more…I'm trying to find a drone/camera combination that will allow me to image footprints on the ground from 20m altitude. To do this, I first need to be able to see the footprints trails from the air. I've tested some 12Mpix cameras on a DJI phantom 3
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I am writing to please help me solve the mystery of this cruel accident. On the opening flight of my SABRE UAV in the Autotune process I suddenly lose control of the plane which accelerates brutally and turns to the right. I lose total
We want a drone with a camera capability to produce a GSD of around 0.3mm at 20m altitude. This could be achieved with a 20Mpix SLR with optical zoom of 10x, but how feasible is the build? Could it be undertaken by a highschool robotics group?
Read more…This is my first endeavor in building a quadcopter. I am building it for a thesis to fly with dronekit python. It's a Flamewheel kit with a pixhawk mini. When I wired it up and plugging the a battery to test, all of the ESCs beep and the motors twitc
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i hope that you can answer my questions as soon as possible cuz i'm running out of time.
1/--which is the most : SIMPLE(code) , STABLE , ARDUINO COMPATIBLE open source flight controller software for quadcopters
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2/ what is the method used to
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lastly I have bumped into a strange behavior after a few minutes of flight. I thought that the ESC were failing and changed them but the problem persist.
Auto Analyzer says there are problems with the compass and other variables. Nev
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Is this ok to fix the motors directly onto the CF mount? Obviously using loctite.......
The supplied KDE mounting plate is not compatible with these mounts .
Any advice is much appreciated.
Read more…I am working on a thesis project involving multiple quadcopters. I'm using dronekit python. As I understand it, the 3DR solo could be used right out of the box with dronekit as it has a pixhawk built in. Does anyone have any experience with this? Tha
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I asked this in the Ardupilot forum a couple of days ago, but I received no response so I'm asking here. I apologize for repeating the post.
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I'm flying a Tarot hexa over a forest, in a mountain region at around 3000 meters altitude
After some time flying, device start to oscillate in altitude, down , up, down up, and yesterday
crashed in a cup of a 30 meters pine ( i called
We live in a tumultuous time. As Isis has released a number of videos using drones for their attacks, the Australia Government has called for a possible ban on sale of drones. There are many concerns out there for individual safety. Many of those att
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I ask an help with this strange pattern olways observed on a grid mission.
Turns on suth-Est part are very unusual, but North-west are correct.
My plane ia a talon with Extanded wings; no wind on this flight.
L1_NAV is 17 and dumping to 0.80;
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I have the following problem and will be glad if someone could give a right direction for solution.
Whole last week I have tried to make my own C++ code for Linux based on this example. It is working with one little exception: the data about
Read more…Hello! I am pretty new with Pixhawk and MissionPlanner and I need to set up communication between Sabertooth 2x25 with Pixhawk (I need to work with rover). I read some of discussions here but I couldn't find anything that would help me.
Is there a po
After updating my Tarot T4-3d and clicking run, the gimbal shaked violently. I have tried calibrating the sensors, and reinstalling the firmware. The gimbal software also shows that the motor channels (pan/tilt/roll) are meching together and are affe
Read more…Smart tracking with your drone suggests a hands free operation. One mountain biker, a winner of the Red Bull Biking Competition has decided to test this technology by taking his drone mountain biking in the dark. Would the drone be a good companion i
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